I used to play L2, I know this sir. It does not however give you the ability to build your own towns and keeps and have ship battles etc.. I'm playing L2 right now, but I'm kinda pissed at NC because my Hawkeye is gone and I have to reroll from scratch.
This is what you can expect when claiming territory on the northern continent… Pirates! Multiple ship types! Territory claiming and warfare! Inverted hang-gliders! Excited? http://archeage-online.com/
CBT4 has begun... kinda. People are [slowly] downloading the client now. I'll probably be watching live streams until TOR's early access starts. -_- Steparu Ellord